Support a single mom

Okay, I admit it. I’m having way too much fun. But some people are taking this shit waaaaaay too serious. Tom Bergeron: “I’m a liberal Democrat, and I state that proudly. But I have no patience with my friends who believe there is a conspiracy keeping Bristol on the show. They’ll say, ‘Oh, well! She’s [...]

Guarding Jackie

This piece by former Secret Service Agent Clint Hill is a must-read: Being on the first lady’s detail was a lot different from being on the president’s. It was just the two of us, traveling the world together. Mrs. Kennedy was active and energetic — she loved to play tennis, water-ski and ride horses. She [...]

Getting to the heart of the matter, SNL’s “Message from TSA” an afternoon Open Thread

Message from TSA, posted with vodpod Silly me. I was worried about those poor folks with ostomy bags: A retired special education teacher on his way to a wedding in Orlando, Fla., said he was left humiliated, crying and covered with his own urine after an enhanced pat-down by TSA officers at Detroit Metropolitan Airport [...]

Free advice is worth what you pay for it

You may have heard that Harper Collins, the publisher of Sarah Palin’s yet unreleased new book, has obtained an injunction against the tabloid website Gawker for the unauthorized publication of some excerpts from the book. Professor Jacobson over at Legal Insurrection (wingnut warning) has some free advice for Sarah Palin: And they bragged when they [...]

The Dissolution

In the mid 1530′s, King Henry VIII of England authorized Thomas Cromwell to shut up the monasteries in that country under the guise of consolidation.  A methodical review of all of the monasteries, complete with inventory, was conducted.  Most of the smaller, poorer monasteries were closed, the monks and nuns forced to seek shelter at [...]

47 years ago today

My earliest memory is the day John F. Kennedy was killed. My mom came and picked me and my sister up from daycare early as the whole nation came to a screeching halt in shock. I was three years old. I remember my mom telling me the president had died and gone to heaven and [...]

The future’s so bright, Obama’s gotta wear shades

Would I joke about something like this? A Forecast That Obama Could Love THINGS are looking up for Barack Obama. You might not think so, given the flow of news lately. His foreign policy has met with limited success, at best. And, back home, unemployment is mired at 9.6 percent. Earlier this month, in a [...]